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Aflicker
Aflicker A*flick"er, adv. & a. [Pref. a- + flicker.]
In a flickering state.
BickerBicker Bick"er, n. [See Beaker.]
A small wooden vessel made of staves and hoops, like a tub.
[Prov. Eng.] BickerBicker Bick"er, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Bickered; p. pr. & vb.
n. Bickering.] [OE. bikeren, perh. fr. Celtic; cf. W. bicra
to fight, bicker, bicre conflict, skirmish; perh. akin to E.
beak.]
1. To skirmish; to exchange blows; to fight. [Obs.]
Two eagles had a conflict, and bickered together.
--Holland.
2. To contend in petulant altercation; to wrangle.
Petty things about which men cark and bicker.
--Barrow.
3. To move quickly and unsteadily, or with a pattering noise;
to quiver; to be tremulous, like flame.
They [streamlets] bickered through the sunny shade.
--Thomson. Bicker
Bicker Bick"er, n.
1. A skirmish; an encounter. [Obs.]
2. A fight with stones between two parties of boys. [Scot.]
--Jamieson.
3. A wrangle; also, a noise,, as in angry contention.
BickeredBicker Bick"er, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Bickered; p. pr. & vb.
n. Bickering.] [OE. bikeren, perh. fr. Celtic; cf. W. bicra
to fight, bicker, bicre conflict, skirmish; perh. akin to E.
beak.]
1. To skirmish; to exchange blows; to fight. [Obs.]
Two eagles had a conflict, and bickered together.
--Holland.
2. To contend in petulant altercation; to wrangle.
Petty things about which men cark and bicker.
--Barrow.
3. To move quickly and unsteadily, or with a pattering noise;
to quiver; to be tremulous, like flame.
They [streamlets] bickered through the sunny shade.
--Thomson. Bickerer
Bickerer Bick"er*er, n.
One who bickers.
BickeringBicker Bick"er, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Bickered; p. pr. & vb.
n. Bickering.] [OE. bikeren, perh. fr. Celtic; cf. W. bicra
to fight, bicker, bicre conflict, skirmish; perh. akin to E.
beak.]
1. To skirmish; to exchange blows; to fight. [Obs.]
Two eagles had a conflict, and bickered together.
--Holland.
2. To contend in petulant altercation; to wrangle.
Petty things about which men cark and bicker.
--Barrow.
3. To move quickly and unsteadily, or with a pattering noise;
to quiver; to be tremulous, like flame.
They [streamlets] bickered through the sunny shade.
--Thomson. Bickering
Bickering Bick"er*ing, n.
1. A skirmishing. ``Frays and bickerings.' --Milton.
2. Altercation; wrangling.
Bickerment
Bickerment Bick"er*ment, n.
Contention. [Obs.] --Spenser.
BickernBickern Bick"ern, n. [F. bigorne. See Bicorn.]
An anvil ending in a beak or point (orig. in two beaks);
also, the beak or horn itself. Billsticker
Billposter Bill"post`er, Billsticker Bill"stick"er, n.
One whose occupation is to post handbills or posters in
public places.
Clicker
Clicker Click"er, n.
1. One who stands before a shop door to invite people to buy.
[Low, Eng.]
2. (Print.) One who as has charge of the work of a
companionship.
DickerDicker Dick"er, n. [Also daker, dakir; akin to Icel. dekr,
Dan. deger, G. decher; all prob. from LL. dacra, dacrum, the
number ten, akin to L. decuria a division consisting of ten,
fr. decem ten. See Ten.]
1. The number or quantity of ten, particularly ten hides or
skins; a dakir; as, a dicker of gloves. [Obs.]
A dicker of cowhides. --Heywood.
2. A chaffering, barter, or exchange, of small wares; as, to
make a dicker. [U.S.]
For peddling dicker, not for honest sales.
--Whittier. Dicker
Dicker Dick"er, v. i. & t.
To negotiate a dicker; to barter. [U.S.] ``Ready to dicker.
and to swap.' --Cooper.
FlickerFlicker Flick"er (-[~e]r), v. i. [imp. & p. p. Flickered
(-[~e]rd); p. pr. & vb. n. Flickering.] [OE. flikeren,
flekeren, to flutter, AS. flicerian, flicorian, cf. D.
flikkeren to sparkle. [root]84. Cf. Flacker.]
1. To flutter; to flap the wings without flying.
And flickering on her nest made short essays to
sing. --Dryden.
2. To waver unsteadily, like a flame in a current of air, or
when about to expire; as, the flickering light.
The shadows flicker to fro. --Tennyson. FlickerFlicker Flick"er, n.
1. The act of wavering or of fluttering; flucuation; sudden
and brief increase of brightness; as, the last flicker of
the dying flame.
2. (Zo["o]l.) The golden-winged woodpecker (Colaptes
aurutus); -- so called from its spring note. Called also
yellow-hammer, high-holder, pigeon woodpecker, and
yucca.
The cackle of the flicker among the oaks.
--Thoureau. FlickeredFlicker Flick"er (-[~e]r), v. i. [imp. & p. p. Flickered
(-[~e]rd); p. pr. & vb. n. Flickering.] [OE. flikeren,
flekeren, to flutter, AS. flicerian, flicorian, cf. D.
flikkeren to sparkle. [root]84. Cf. Flacker.]
1. To flutter; to flap the wings without flying.
And flickering on her nest made short essays to
sing. --Dryden.
2. To waver unsteadily, like a flame in a current of air, or
when about to expire; as, the flickering light.
The shadows flicker to fro. --Tennyson. FlickeringFlicker Flick"er (-[~e]r), v. i. [imp. & p. p. Flickered
(-[~e]rd); p. pr. & vb. n. Flickering.] [OE. flikeren,
flekeren, to flutter, AS. flicerian, flicorian, cf. D.
flikkeren to sparkle. [root]84. Cf. Flacker.]
1. To flutter; to flap the wings without flying.
And flickering on her nest made short essays to
sing. --Dryden.
2. To waver unsteadily, like a flame in a current of air, or
when about to expire; as, the flickering light.
The shadows flicker to fro. --Tennyson. Flickeringly
Flickeringly Flick"ering*ly, adv.
In a flickering manner.
FlickermouseFlickermouse Flick"er*mouse`, n. (Zo["o]l.)
See Flittermouse. FootlickerFootlicker Foot"lick`er, n.
A sycophant; a fawner; a toady. Cf. Bootlick. --Shak. Hop pickerHop Hop, n. [OE. hoppe; akin to D. hop, hoppe, OHG. hopfo, G.
hopfen; cf. LL. hupa, W. hopez, Armor. houpez, and Icel.
humall, SW. & Dan. humle.]
1. (Bot.) A climbing plant (Humulus Lupulus), having a
long, twining, annual stalk. It is cultivated for its
fruit (hops).
2. The catkin or strobilaceous fruit of the hop, much used in
brewing to give a bitter taste.
3. The fruit of the dog-rose. See Hip.
Hop back. (Brewing) See under 1st Back.
Hop clover (Bot.), a species of yellow clover having heads
like hops in miniature (Trifolium agrarium, and T.
procumbens).
Hop flea (Zo["o]l.), a small flea beetle (Haltica
concinna), very injurious to hops.
Hop fly (Zo["o]l.), an aphid (Phorodon humuli), very
injurious to hop vines.
Hop froth fly (Zo["o]l.), an hemipterous insect
(Aphrophora interrupta), allied to the cockoo spits. It
often does great damage to hop vines.
Hop hornbeam (Bot.), an American tree of the genus Ostrya
(O. Virginica) the American ironwood; also, a European
species (O. vulgaris).
Hop moth (Zo["o]l.), a moth (Hypena humuli), which in the
larval state is very injurious to hop vines.
Hop picker, one who picks hops.
Hop pole, a pole used to support hop vines.
Hop tree (Bot.), a small American tree (Ptelia
trifoliata), having broad, flattened fruit in large
clusters, sometimes used as a substitute for hops.
Hop vine (Bot.), the climbing vine or stalk of the hop. Hyla PickeringiiPiping Pip"ing (p[imac]p"[i^]ng), a. [From Pipe, v.]
1. Playing on a musical pipe. ``Lowing herds and piping
swains.' --Swift.
2. Peaceful; favorable to, or characterized by, the music of
the pipe rather than of the drum and fife. --Shak.
3. Emitting a high, shrill sound.
4. Simmering; boiling; sizzling; hissing; -- from the sound
of boiling fluids.
Piping crow, Piping crow shrike, Piping roller
(Zo["o]l.), any Australian bird of the genus Gymnorhina,
esp. G. tibicen, which is black and white, and the size
of a small crow. Called also caruck.
Piping frog (Zo["o]l.), a small American tree frog (Hyla
Pickeringii) which utters a high, shrill note in early
spring.
Piping hot, boiling hot; hissing hot; very hot. [Colloq.]
--Milton. Hyla PickeringiiHylodes Hy*lo"des, n. [NL., fr. Gr. ? woody, wooded, muddy; ?
a wood + ? form.] (Zo["o]l.)
The piping frog (Hyla Pickeringii), a small American tree
frog, which in early spring, while breeding in swamps and
ditches, sings with high, shrill, but musical, notes. Kicker
Kicker Kick"er, n.
One who, or that which, kicks.
Knicker
Knicker Knick"er, n. [D. knikker.]
A small ball of clay, baked hard and oiled, used as a marble
by boys in playing. [Prov. Eng. & U. S.] --Halliwell.
Bartlett.
Knickerbockers
Knickerbockers Knick"er*bock`ers, n. pl.
The name for a style of short breeches; smallclothes.
LickerLicker Lick"er (l[i^]k"[~e]r), n. [Cf. Lecher.]
One who, or that which, licks.
Licker in (Carding Machine), the drum, or cylinder, by
which the lap is taken from the feed rollers. Licker inLicker Lick"er (l[i^]k"[~e]r), n. [Cf. Lecher.]
One who, or that which, licks.
Licker in (Carding Machine), the drum, or cylinder, by
which the lap is taken from the feed rollers.
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